Notch: Minecraft Xbox 360 beta likely

Notch says that Minecraft for 360 is likely to get “a beta version first or something like that” so that Mojang can “find out what parts are actually fun to do” when the indie smash is ported from PC to console.

That'd be nice, I wish Xbox games actually used keyboard and mouse support from their USB ports. Damn, what are they there for?!?!

But I love the block graphics. I'm a retro gamers though. But they just work! A non-square creeper/sheep/skeleton just isn't right. Although if you make it an option to edit your own skins with some crap paint program would be tedious but would work. Although maybe an option to just select the block/upgraded texture would suffice. :) So many design decisions, hehehe. :D

Not sure. And without any gameplay pics or videos released yet, not soon.

I dunno, I know the dude working on Retro City Rampage and he says that M$ says exclusivity or you won't be able to release it on the XBLA at all and you can hit the road. It may go like limbo and be released way later, but you just don't know this stuff until the companies say. :/

And I'm guessing the PS3 browser doesn't support Java then?

And lastly, I wouldn't say Notch has a development team on it for consoles, I just think it went to the lowest bidder for the project or most royalties or whatever they bargained on. So if it's Microsoft Game Studios working on it, you can kiss the PS3 one goodbye. Although I feel it'll just be a late delayed PS3 release. I don't think Notch would let it go to a single console, just doesn't seem like something he'd do.